Perfect Women

by Colette Dowling

ISBN: 067154747X
ISBN-13: 9780671547479
Format: Hardcover

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 1988

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Profiles the all-too-common woman of today, one who is self-disparaging and desperate to be perfect, and paints a healthy and reasonable alternative portrait emphasizing self-respect and self-worth.

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